Re: French liaisons (was something else)

--- Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > English (at least American English, don't know
> about other forms) does
> > odd things with money.  $1.50 can be read "a
> dollar fifty" or
> > "one-fifty" while $2.50 can be read "two dollars
> and fifty cents" (less
> > common) or "two-fifty" (most common).  That is,
> when "dollar" is plural,
> > you have to use "and" and "cents".  :-)
>
> For the record, 'two dollars fifty' is perfectly
> fine in Australia. In
> fact, to my ear, 'two dollars and fifty cents'
> sounds hypercorrect and
> certainly not something I'd expect to hear.
>
> --
> Tristan
LOL and to an American "two dollars fifty" sounds like
someone putting on airs and/or trying to sound like a
Brit!

Adam


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